aloyisious wrote: » I'm reading online now that Don told reporters that he would be making a TV statement at 8PM Washington time last night, then tweeted it would be at 9 PM. I didn't get to see it, if he did make one. It's being reported as breaking news that the US will be closing its air borders to European countries [excluding the UK] for 30 days from this Friday. Did anyone see Dons TV appearance or statement, or anything he tweeted about it or its content?
Foxtrol wrote: » So Ireland also not on the banned list... good thing for once that Trump has a property here.
Manic Moran wrote: » I didn't watch the speech, so I don't know quite how 'wrong' he got it, but the 'actual' 30-day ban is here.https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/03/11/homeland-security-acting-secretary-chad-f-wolf-s-statement-presidential-proclamation
everlast75 wrote: » Here's a slip of the mask from 45.... the lack of confidence in this guy is making things a million times worse
everlast75 wrote: » Your ability to comment on some trump ridiculousness without insulting him is quite a talent.
Foxtrol wrote: » Dow futures down 900 points, whatever he was trying to do by pointing the blame elsewhere hasn't helped the market yet so far. NBA has suspended their season now too. Blaming the Europeans isn't going to work. Things are really unraveling for him
Manic Moran wrote: » You'll be, I think, hard pressed to find my insulting anyone on Boards for any reason. I've never found it to be necessary and it doesn't make arguments any better.
listermint wrote: » Tbf you do have an increasing penchant to jump to a middle ground defence for trump regardless of how abjectly wrong he acts. This has worsened over time. I don't think it's an insult to point out the facts. Would you vote for trump 2020 genuine question
Leroy42 wrote: » He only excluded the UK.
aloyisious wrote: » The State Dept must be working overtime to correct the impression that the US is a trainwreck right now. Announcing the new foreign travel policy out of the blue like that, Mr President - loco driver of the year. I can just imagine what the guests faces would have looked like. Wall St must be in worry-mode right now.
Christy42 wrote: » He specifically called out trade and cargo from Europe being banned. It was the most important line of the speech really and it was, as so much of Trump's sentences are, a lie. I get stopping a lot of passengers from Italy/Germany etc. but the cargo thing would have been a directed attack on Europe and annihilated the economy. I mean the man has no idea what is going on with his own countries reaction to the virus. He was obviously given talking points right before going on and doesn't have a clue about anything himself. I don't care if your policies are Republican but elect someone who knows what is going on at least. This is just pathetic.
TomOnBoard wrote: » Remember, the White House is currently operating without a Chief of Staff who would normally be front and centre of an Oval office address. Mulvaney was ousted on Friday and incoming COS Mark Meadows is in isolation. It now seems that Kushner who is Trump's ' Inspector Gadget' despite being totally useless, has been given responsibility for managing Trump's Coronavirus portfolio so I suspect he would have been heavily involved in that address last night!
AMKC wrote: » It makes no sense banning flights from all of Europe to America except the UK and Ireland unless he said that because flights from mainland Europe to Ireland and the Uk are banned. Someone could still go the UK from Europe via ship or train and then get a flight from Heathrow to America so if they are going to ban flights to America they might as well ban all of them. At least it will be good for the planet do with no flights across the Atlantic to America or very few anyway for a month.
randomname2005 wrote: » And he called for payroll relief, which is probably going to add more to the deficit he got rid of. Sorry, said he would get rid of but has increased massively
Nody wrote: » Occam's razor, he does not know UK and Ireland are not part of Schengen as they were all part of EU anyway. Second possibility it's excluded because of major American banks in London asked him to. No matter what though I expect it will be corrected soonish anyway in some form; Heathrow for example with all those international flights around the world is a perfect spreading ground for Corona virus.
